Reshaping Greens Surrounds

This winter we have focused on recontouring several of our greens surrounds to agin have the proper surface drainage thy once had.  Through years of adding topdressing and other cultral practices the original slopes around the greens can become lost.  This in turn may sometimes cause water to pool on the greens surface after a rain or irrigation cycle.  This pooling is detrimental to the turf and in some instances can cause some turf loss.  We removed up to an inch and a half of material in some places to regain the original slopes.  We removed the plastic barrier in these areas to add even more of a drainge potential.